We live in a world that changes on many timescales. To learn and make decisions
appropriately, the human brain has evolved to integrate various types of information, such as …

Human perceptual decisions are often described as optimal. Critics of this view have argued
that claims of optimality are overly flexible and lack explanatory power. Meanwhile …

Perceptual choices depend not only on the current sensory input but also on the behavioral
context, such as the history of one's own choices. Yet, it remains unknown how such history …

Perceptual decision-making is biased by previous events, including the history of preceding
choices: observers tend to repeat (or alternate) their judgments of the sensory environment …

It has been argued that there is a “subjective present” or “experienced moment” of about 3
seconds in duration, involving automatic binding of events into perceptual units on that time …

Electrophysiological research has isolated neural signatures of decision formation in a
variety of brain regions. Studies in rodents and monkeys have focused primarily on effector …

The synaptic balance between excitation and inhibition (E/I balance) is a fundamental
principle of cortical circuits, and disruptions in E/I balance are commonly linked to cognitive …

Humans can make abstract choices independent of motor actions. However, in laboratory
tasks, choices are typically reported with an associated action. Consequentially, knowledge …

Perceptual decisions entail the accumulation of sensory evidence for a particular choice
towards an action plan. An influential framework holds that sensory cortical areas encode …

Humans and non-human primates can flexibly switch between different arbitrary map**s
from sensation to action to solve a cognitive task. It has remained unknown how the brain …